The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-21

room on tnrth, out eacrlnceu httie, anu hmvnB
his good works selhshness was evident. He
Just crowds through the shining gate, but 1t
Is very tight squeeze SO that the door.keeper
has to pull away to get him In, and this man
expects half heaven for his share OF trophies,
and he would like monopoly OF all his ssplen-
dor, and to purchase lots In the suburbs so
that he could get advantage from the growth
of the city, Well, he had little grace. OF
heart, just enough to get him through, and TO
him Is given secondhand crown which one
OF the saints wore at the start, but exchanged
for brighter one us he went on from glory 10
glory. And he Is put In an OLD mouse
once occupied by an angel who was
hurled out OF Heaven at the time OF Satans
rebellion.
Right after him comes soul that makes
great stir among the celcstlals, and the angels
rush 10 the scene each bringing to her daz-
cling coronet. Who is shei Over what realm
on earth was she Aueeni In what great Dus,
sedorf festival was she the cantatricet
Neither She was an invalid who never lett
her room for twenty years; but she was strong
IN prayer, and she prayed down revival AFTER
revival and pentecost after pentecost upon
the churches, and with her pale hands she knit
many mitten and tippet for the poor, and
with her contrivances she added JOY to many
holiday festival, and now, with those thin
hands so strong for kindness, and with those
white lips so strong for supplication, she mas
won coronation, and enthronement, ana JUDI
lee. And Christ says to the angles VINO nave
brought each crown for the gloried Invalid
"No, not these; they are not good enough.
But in the jeweled vase at the right hand side
of nv throne there Is one that have been
preparing for her many year, ana Tor her
every pang have set an amethyst, ana Tor
her every good deed | have set pearl
Fetch 1t now and fulfill the promise gave her
long ago, in the sick room: BE thou faithful
unto death, and will give thee crown"
But notice that there is only one being In the
universe who can aud viii distribute the tro-
plies of earth and heaven. IL Is the DIVINE
Ruler, the Commandments Chiei OF the centu,
rles, the champion Of the ages the universal
conquerorr the son OF God, Jesus. You WIN
take the spoils from His hand, or never take
them at all Have his friendship and YOU may
defy all time and all eternity but without 1t
YOU are pauper, though you had universe NJ
your command We are told In Revelation that
Jacobs twelve sons were so honored as 10 nave
the twelve gates of heaven named after them
over one gate OF heaven Naphtali, over an
other gate of Issachar, over another Dan, over
another Cad over another Iebulon, over an
other Judah, and so on. But Chrlsts name Is
written over all the gates, and on every panel
of the gates, and above His help, His pardon,
His intercesson, His atonelnent, must, or be
n forlorn wretch forever. My Lord and my
God make me and all who hear me this day,
and all to whom these words shall come, be
THY repcntant believing, sworn, consecrated,
nd ransomed followers forever.
What a day 1t will be This entire assem-
blage would rise to your feet II you could real
lie II. the day In which Christ shall, In fulfill
ment of nv text, divide the spoil. 1t was
great day when Queen Victoria, In the midst
Of the Crlmean war, distributed medals to the
soldiers who had come home sick and wound
ed At the Horse Guards, In the presence OF
the royal family, the injured men were carried
In or came ON crutches-Colonel IroWDrluge,
n Tot . Itlr
Saver, who had the anlle-io Joint Of his right leg
shot off at Alma; and Captain Cure, his disa-
bled limb supported by soldier, and others
MANNED, and dislgured, and exhausted-and
with her own hand the queen gave each the
Crlmean medal. And what triumphant days
for those soldiers when further ON, they re,
ceiyed the French medal with the imperial
eagle and the Turkish medal with Its repre-
sentatlon OF four hags-France, Turkey, Eng.
land and Sardinia-and beneath 1t map oil
the Crlmea spread over gun wheel.
And what rewards are suggested TO oil
readers of history by the mere mention OF the
Waterloo medal, and the Cape medal, and the
Gold Cross medal, and the medal struck for
bravery in our American wari But how insig-
nincant all these compared with the day when
the good soldiers OF Jesus Christ shall come In
out OF the battles Of this world, and In the
presence OF all the plled-up glorles OF the re-
deemed and the unfallen, Jesus, our King,
shall divide the spoil. The more wounds, the
greater the inherltances. The longer the
forced march, the more vivid the trophy. The
more terrible the exhaustion, the more un-
troubled the transport. Not the gift Of bril-
liant ribbon, or a medal OF Brass or silver, or
gold, but kingdom in which we are to reign
for ever and ever. Mansions on the eternal
hills Dominions Of unfadlng power. EN-
hires OF amending love. Continents OF ever
lasting light. Atlantic and Pacific oceans OF
blllowing Joy. 1t was great DAY when Azure
liam the Roman emperor, came back from his
victories In the front OF the procession were
wild beasts from all lands, sixteen hundred
gladlators richly clad, wagon loads OF crowns
presented by conquered cities; among the cap
lives, Syrlans Egyptians, Gothic, Vandals, ga
maratians, Franks: and Zenobia, the beautl-
ful captive Queen, on foot In chains OF gold
LhaL n slave lad 10 help her carry, and Jewels
under the weight Of which she almost tainted
And then came the chariot OF Aurelian drawn
BY four elephants In gorgeous comparison, and
followed BY the Roman Senate; and the Roman
army, and from dawn TIL dark the process
sion was passing. Rome In all her history
never saw ANYTHING more magnificent.
But how much greater the day when
our Conaueror Jesus, shall ride under the trl-
rmphal arches OF heaven; his captives, hand
or foot or in charlots all the Kingdoms OF
earth and heaven; In procession the armies
celestial on white horses. Rambling artillery
of thunderbolts never again TO be unlimbered.
Kingdoms in line, centuries in line, sanity
cherublc, seraphic, archangelic splendors In
line, and Christ seated on one great rolling
Hosanna, made out Of all Hallelujahs OF ali
worlds, shall cry Haiti TO the procession. And
not forgetting even the humblest In all the
reach OF His omnipresence, He shall rise, and
then and there, his work and His glory con
summated, proceed, amid an ecstacy, such as
neither mortal nor immortal ever imagined, 10
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